taxonomy
/tækˈsɒnəmɪ/noun
mass noun
1- chiefly Biology the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics【主生】（尤指生物）分类学; 分类法。
1.1
- the classification of something, especially organisms（尤指生物）分类：
the taxonomy of these fossils.
这些化石的分类。
1.2
- count noun a scheme of classification分类法：
a taxonomy of smells.
气味的分类法。
派生词
taxonomic
adjectivetaxonomical
adjectivetaxonomically
adverbtaxonomist
noun词源
early 19th cent.: coined in French from Greek taxis 'arrangement' + -nomia 'distribution'.